Synonyms of blueprints

blueprints 1 of 2

noun

plural of blueprint

as in plans

a method worked out in advance for achieving some objective

an ambitious young man with a remarkably detailed blueprint for becoming a millionaire by the age of 25

Synonyms & Similar Words

• plans
• strategies
• programs
• projects
• schemes
• designs
• systems
• proposals
• arrangements
• ideas
• recipes
• master plans
• games
• procedures
• ground plans
• ways
• game plans
• techniques
• road maps
• devices
• specifications
• plots
• intentions
• maps
• policies
• purposes
• diagrams
• intents
• tactics
• conspiracies
• protocols
• maneuvers
• contrivances
• means
• formulas
• aims
• conceptions
• specifics
• patterns
• stratagems
• tricks
• counterplans
• layouts
• collusions
• counterstrategies
• subterfuges
• gambits
• platforms
• setups
• ruses
• projets

blueprints

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verb

present tense third-person singular of blueprint

as in designs

to work out the details of (something) in advance

blueprinted the schedule of events for the festival right down to the last detail

Synonyms & Similar Words

• plans
• designs
• plots
• charts
• prepares
• organizes
• arranges
• outlines
• projects
• budgets
• maps (out)
• shapes
• calculates
• devises
• schemes (out)
• drafts
• choreographs
• frames
• strategizes (about)
• sketches
• lays out
• figures
• contemplates
• intends
• concerts
• conspires
• intrigues
• aims
• contrives
• has on
• means
• machinates
• gets up
• premeditates
• meditates
• puts up

Example Sentences

Recent Examples of blueprints

Noun

Leeds and Brentford also offer blueprints for how to survive in the Premier League. — Liam Tharme, New York Times, 18 Aug. 2026

Architects develop blueprints for order and try to mold the world to their designs, developing universal norms and anchoring security in multilateral institutions. — Mark Leonard, Foreign Affairs, 18 Aug. 2026

Tehran purchased North Korean Scud-B and Scud-C missiles, using them as the blueprints for its own Shahab-1 and Shahab-2 ballistic missile programs. — Charlie Campbell, Time, 17 Aug. 2026

That creates an opportunity for companies offering open models to potentially become indispensable to businesses by offering technological blueprints for their products. — Lisa Eadicicco, CNN Money, 10 Aug. 2026

Standouts include fragments of original mosaics, old blueprints, and digital reconstructions to show how the building has changed over the centuries. — Cnt Editors, Condé Nast Traveler, 9 Aug. 2026

No blueprints or detailed descriptions of either ship survive, but historians have deduced much about them from tax records and logbooks. — Encyclopedia Britannica, 7 Aug. 2026

But there are also adults… and some very valuable blueprints. — Noel Murray, Vulture, 7 Aug. 2026

This includes creating the engineering blueprints and the financial structure. — Aman Tripathi, Interesting Engineering, 30 July 2026

Verb

Recreating Rosebank’s Unique Facility IMD worked with Forsyth’s to create new stills, using archival still blueprints to build exact replicas of the original design. — Chris Perugini, Forbes.com, 13 Aug. 2025